gripper Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 HI!! I just strung up my first self-built guitar with one of the sets of SIT strings I got talked into by a local music store. 46 to 10 guage nickels. You can take the winding on the low E string and move it up and down the neck about .125" at the 12th fret. Put two strings from different sets on and they were both the same. Intonation was really hard to set because of the constant crawling up and down on the strobe tuner from that string. Really doesn't sound all that bad plugged in but I wonder if they might have left the "H" out of their name. Are these just bad strings alltogether or could I have got a couple of bad sets? I have never seen strings with loose outer windings before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 Just stick on a pair of GHS boomers. Can't go wrong there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewman Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 I don't think I've ever even heard of SIT strings... and if you can move the wind, you need to take 'em back to the music store and get your money back . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 SIT is your typical cheap-ass set of generic strings. Guitar Center sells them as "Musician's Choice". They aren't worth the hassle of finding a decent set for the $1.00 a pack they cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gripper Posted October 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 crafty, you nailed where I got them but they cost me more then a dollar. I am going to take all four sets back monday because their wound strings can't take an hour of playing. My uncle gave me a set of DeAddarios and they are WAY better. Thanks everybody. Godin, I am gonna trade those SITs for Boomers when I get to the GC store Monday. If for nothing else, the name RULES! Again, thanks to all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 Sorry, dude. Stick with the good brands like GHS, DR, D'Addario, Dean Markley, or Ernie Ball. I'm on kind of a DR kick right now, but I've had good luck with GHS and Ernie Ball. I usually pay only $3 a set for quality strings. Yeah, the new GC here was pimping their "Buy two sets, get ten free" deal with those SIT strings a couple weeks ago at their grand opening. Not a great deal at $19. I wouldn't put those strings on any guitar, even a $50 Music-Yo Kramer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 I use boomers on almost everything i own, i tried a set of d'addarios, they were ok, but i find i get a heavier sound out of the GHS's Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewman Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 I like my Ernie Ball regular slinky 10's. Although recently I did get a pair of D'Addario Chromes flatwound 11 jazz strings... I do love flatwounds too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 For electric I use thomastik powerbrights ($16.99) and for acoustic I use elixer phospher bronze light nanoweb ($12.99). Ya I'm a string snob, but I think useing these higher quality strings gives me better sound and playability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 If DR guitar strings are anything like their bass strings, they can't be touched (in my opinion) by any other brand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 I use elixers with nanoweb coatings on the strings, they rock. I'll have to try these DR strings one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 I picked up 20 sets of Dean Markleys so that's what I'm using...though I like 'em a lot, sound good, feel good on the fingers, stay in tune a long time, no breakage issues. I also use Ernie Balls a lot. The GHS (Fatties) I've had tended to break really quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gripper Posted October 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 (edited) I brought my Jackson in with a set of those SITs on it Tuesday and the guys were being real sarcastic about it. I figured out that they were making fun of the guy that sold me the strings. Long story short, I get 4 sets of anything THEY have for free. SWEET!! Problem is they onlyt have DR and Boomers. When I said I owed a set to my uncle that were DiAddarios, they said they don't carry them and they don't have anything like them. Nice folk. Trying the Boomers tonight at the Legion hall steak-night. Don't really care care how they work because the steaks are free and good! They could use one of those chicken-wire fences from the Blues Brothers, however. I hate getting beer on my Genz head if it isn't mine! Hey, wats yur favorite steak sauce? So many I haven't even heard of. Oh, I am sorry, they had Deans but not in the right guage. Those might be my next choice. GC needs a reality-check when it comes to what people want. They are having a show next week with some guy playing BC Rich factory custom guitars and I want to see what strings HE uses, even though it will probably be all-metal. Nothing wrong with metal: they need strings too! Edited October 19, 2005 by gripper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3Va1L Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 heh, iI just changed for ernie ball slinky 11s (the bigger they do) and I got to say the sound ROCKS... It's even worth resetting that damned floyd rose up again! I alyways think it funny that I my strings get bigger and bigger while everyone else I know tries to get smallest they can get (like 8... sounds bad!) I gotta try flatwound strings though! And about elixirs: They rock, but I really had trouble bending strings on my acoustic with them (they slip a LOT) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewman Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) Pr3Va1L - flatwounds are great! 11's are about the smallest you can ever find 'em... normal is 13-14. They're really normally used on jazz archtop sorts of guitars, but I put some on my HSS strat . (D'Addario Chromes, like I mentioned earlier Chromes). EDIT: Heh... D'Addario has 10-13's... but they call the 13's "medium." Edited October 20, 2005 by jnewman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Never tryed the acoustic strings before, but that said my acoustic is never played because its so bad. On a side note my top C# snaped whent tuning down, weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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